Town Hall Offices

History Committee

The membership of this Committee shall consist of a minimum of five (5) and a maximum of nine (9) members. The mission of the History Committee shall be the preservation of the Los Altos Hills heritage.

The Charges to and Duties of this Committee shall be:

To implement policies that preserve the historic and cultural fabric of the Town;

To protect the historic and cultural resources from inappropriate destruction;

To preserve community input into the policy-making process;

To research and document best practices and model preservation policies;

To organize and make available to the public the historic artifacts that have been preserved and to continue to collect historic artifacts for future generations.

Nothing in the aforementioned goals shall be interpreted as authorizing the mandatory historic preservation of private residences or require property owners to submit their pending site developments plans before the Committee.

Updated: June 19, 2015

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